Sideboards
21st Century and Contemporary Balkan Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Sideboards
Marble, Metal
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century German Bauhaus Sideboards
Chrome
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Beech, Teak
2010s Asian Minimalist Sideboards
Wood
19th Century Antique Sideboards
Elm
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Art Glass, Wood
1960s Danish Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1970s French French Provincial Vintage Sideboards
Rattan, Burlap
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Sideboards
Gold, Bronze
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine
Late 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Copper, Steel
Mid-20th Century French Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Central American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
1960s Danish Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Sideboards
Pine
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Asian Minimalist Sideboards
Wood
1960s Danish Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Rosewood
2010s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Ash
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century Scottish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
Late 19th Century Chinese Ming Antique Sideboards
Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Scottish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Zebra Wood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s English Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
19th Century English Antique Sideboards
Satinwood
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Mid-18th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Sideboards
Other
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mahogany, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Macassar
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Birch, Maple
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Chrome
1960s Danish Vintage Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Acrylic, Burl, Wood
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Wood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Walnut
Antique, New and Vintage Sideboards
Once simply boards made of wood that were used to support ceremonial dining, sideboards have taken on much greater importance since their modest first appearance. In Italy, the sideboard was basically a credenza, a solid furnishing with cabinet doors. It was initially intended as an integral piece of any dining room where the wealthy gathered for meals in the southern European country.
Later, in England and France, sideboards retained their utilitarian purpose — a place to keep hot water for rinsing silverware and from which to serve cold drinking water — but would evolve into double-bodied structures that allowed for the display of serveware and utensils on open shelves. We would likely call these buffets, as they’re taller than a sideboard. (Trust us — there is an order to all of this!)
The sideboard is often deemed a buffet in the United States, from the French buffet à deux corps, which referred to a storage and display case. However, a buffet technically possesses a tiered or shelved superstructure for displaying attractive kitchenware and certainly makes more sense in the context of buffet dining — abundant meals served for crowds of people.
An antique or vintage sideboard today is a sophisticated and stylish component in sumptuous dining rooms of every shape, size and decor scheme, as well as a statement of its own, showcased in art galleries and museums. Furniture maker and artist Paul Evans, whose work has been the subject of various celebrated museum exhibitions, created ornamented, welded and patinated sideboards for Directional Furniture, collections such as the Cityscape series that speak to his place in revolutionary brutalist furniture design as much as they echo the origins of these sturdy, functional structures centuries ago.
If mid-century modern sideboards are more to your liking than an 18th-century mahogany sideboard with decorative inlays by Hepplewhite, the particularly elegant pieces crafted by designers Hans Wegner, Edward Wormley or Florence Knoll are often sought by today’s collectors.
Whether you have a specific era or style in mind or you’re open to browsing a vast collection to find the right fit, 1stDibs has a variety of antique, new and vintage sideboards to choose from.